Granny knot
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Special Knots, and Advanced Knots, for Wolf, Bear, Webelos, Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class.
Granny knot | |
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Names | Granny knot, |
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Typical use | To show what not to do. |
Caveat | Should not be used as a bend. Inferior to reef knot for binding purposes, it can release suddenly and unpredictably. |
Releasing | Often jams |
Category | Binding knots |
Group | Basic knots |
Related | square knot, thief knot, grief knot, shoelace knot |
- Required for
- Instructions
- Right over left, right over left, makes a knot ugly and WRONG.
- Lesson Videos
- Notes
- Remember: "Right over left, right over left, makes a knot ugly and WRONG."
- The Granny knot comes untied easily.
- The Granny knot is one of the Forty Knots.
- See also